Magnus Carlsen: Move fast, play young - Independent
The world's best chess player is hunched over a board in the bar of his London hotel. The pieces are lined up in neat rows, ready for battle, as Magnus Carlsen ...
London Chess Classic: the chess set come to Britain - Telegraph.co.uk
London is about to host its biggest chess tournament in 25 years. As the game enjoys an internet-inspired renaissance, Max Davidson meets some of the ...
London Chess Classic: the chess set - The Telegraph
Nana Alexandria – a Pillar of Women's Chess - Chessbase News
Born in Poti, Georgia (USSR), Nana learned chess at the age of four. At ten she started formal lessons and within six months became the girls' champion of ...
London Chess Classic 2009 – prepare for the best - Chess News | ChessBase
London Chess Classic 2009 – prepare for the best - Chessbase News
Tkachiev: Problems with health and acclimatization - Chessbase News
"I would like to explain the recent incident," writes Vladislav Tkachiev, who caused an international stir by appearing in a near-comatose state for a game at the ...
Chess Classic: Nakamura wins 960 World Championship - Chessbase News
7/31/2009 – On the first day of the Chess960 World Rapid Chess Championship in Mainz Levon Aronian had dominated, winning all three of his games. On the ...
Chess Classic: Nakamura wins 960 World Championship - Chessbase News
7/31/2009 – On the first day of the Chess960 World Rapid Chess Championship in Mainz Levon Aronian had dominated, winning all three of his games. On the ...
Watch the man behind the new Philidor Defence - Chessbase News
Just a couple of years ago the shocking pawn sacrifice 5.g4 entered the theory of the dignified Philidor Defence. If you check with the ChessBase online ...
Ghaem Maghami beats Karpov in 'Mate of the King' - Chessbase News
The event was staged in Teheran to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution in Iran. Four classical, four rapid and four blitz games between ...
Alexei Shirov: 'Let us ban FIDE!' - Chessbase News
12/2/2008 – "I don't know how many times I have said to myself," says the world class GM and world championship runner-up, "that it makes no sense at all to ...
Olympiad in Dresden: Closing ceremony and prize giving - Chessbase News
1270 players took part in the event, hailing from 141 different countries. 722 men and 548 women played a total of 6050 games. In the end Armenia and Georgia ...
WCC Bonn: Aronian's take and impressions - Chessbase News
Sunday, a free day at the World Championship in Bonn, Germany – and our chess expert, Levon Aronian, was stuck without Internet access at the European ...
Mainz 2008: Anand breaks Mainz simultaneous record - Chessbase News
7/29/2008 – Simultaneous events are chess spectacles. Only a few games make it to the textbooks, and the atmosphere is informal and noisy. But Vishy Anand ...
Mainz 2008: Anand breaks Mainz simultaneous record - Chessbase News
7/29/2008 – Simultaneous events are chess spectacles. Only a few games make it to the textbooks, and the atmosphere is informal and noisy. But Vishy Anand ...
The modern way to master the Modern Benoni - Chessbase News
The Modern Benoni is one of the sharpest openings against 1 d4. Black is ready for active counterplay, especially with his pawn majority on the queenside.